BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

NANCY IS THRILLED TO BE RE-LAUNCHING HER CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED LEARN-TO-DANCE-AT-HOME SERIES, UPDATED IN 2020 ON A DIGITAL PLATFORM:


danceWithNancy.com

tHE NEWEST SINGLE FROM
​NANCY HAYS & tHE hEFFERNANS!

back in illinois

Nancy Hays & The Heffernans have recorded a love song for anyone who misses family, friends and home. Duet lead vocals, solo violin strains and sweet family harmonies wrap around Nancy's personal tribute to her birth place in the Midwest.
Works with the line dance from "Come Dance with Me"!

Judy & Liza:
​"Once in a Lifetime" -
Re-OpeniNg!

July 24 - August 9, 2020
Fri. & Sat. @ 7:30 pm
Sun @ 2:00 pm
@ The Greenhouse Theater Center
Enjoy Nancy Hays and Alexa Castelvecchi’s performance as they lovingly recall the famed 1964 concert by the legendary mother-daughter duo of Judy Garland and an 18-year-old Liza Minnelli at the London Palladium. This tribute celebrates the classic songs, joyful movement and affectionate banter of that historic occasion, with solos like “The Man That Got Away”, “Just in Time” and “Gypsy in My Soul” and duets like “Chicago” and “Get Happy/Happy Days”, backed by the jazz-combo arrangements of Jeff-Award-recipient Robert Ollis, music director.

PLEASE NOTE: Masks that fully and securely cover the nose and mouth are required for entry to the Greenhouse Theater Center, as per state/local guidelines. The health and safety of our patrons is our highest priority, which means that any unmasked patrons will be denied entry. Thank you very much for your understanding.

"judy & liza" featured on wgn Radio!

Listen and Buy Tickets to their upcoming run at the Greenhouse Theater below:

"cowboys are my weakness" fEATURED ON BACKYARD COUNTRY

Watch the Line Dance Tutorial!

​COWBOYS ARE MY WEAKNESS 

featuring The Cowboy Dance Company! Song available on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon, and more!

Recent reviews of nancy:

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“A central performance from Nancy Hays that emphasizes vocal style and finesse."
Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
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​“A comic touch by the delightful Nancy Hays”
​Alan Bresloff,
Around Town Chicago Review ,
The Pirates of Penzance
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"M'Lynn, Shelby's mother and friend of the other women, is played perfectly by Nancy Hays, who accurately shows the delicate balance of love, pride and fear, mothers have for their children." 
Sammantha Pidde,
My Carroll County News
​Steel Magnolias
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"Nancy Hays truly shines as Tennessee Williams’ fading southern belle, this actress absolutely commands the stage."
Colin Douglas,
Chicago Theatre Review,
The Glass Menagerie
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"Nancy Hays nearly threatens to walk off with the show..."
Patrick O’Brien, Chicagoland Musical Theater Review

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"Hays did a wonderful job emulating a tumultuous mother-and-daughter relationship while also convincing us of her unconditional love for her daughter"
Robert Harling,
River Cities Reader Review
​Steel Magnolias
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Ms. Hays, has a gorgeous, velvety voice and a captivating smile."
Colin Douglas, Chicago Theatre Review

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“Nancy Hays is deliciously sexy Hedy LaRue. Nancy plays Hedy as if the role were written expressly for her”
​Colin Douglass,
​Chicago Theater Review
"As for Hays, her performance was especially stellar when it came to the play's more serious and dramatic scenes. In fact, the woman seated next to me began to sob uncontrollably during the parts in which Hays was lamenting her daughter’s circumstances." 
Robert Harling,
River Cities Reader Review
​Steel Magnolias
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"Hays never drops her energy. She can hoof up a storm to Clayton Cross’s spirited choreography..." 
Stage and Cinema, Lawrence Bommer
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​“Very sexy Nancy Hays as Hedy LaRue (she is a delight)”
Alan Bresloff,
Around Town Chicago
"...Nancy Hays, as Mame Dennis, is a fabulous Mame."
 Tom Williams, Chicago Critic​
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​“Skilled comedienne,
Nancy Hays”
Lawrence Bommer, Stage and Cinema 



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“The leading lady of Light Opera Works's 50th-anniversary revival of the show, belter Nancy Hays, looks good and sounds great”
Chicago Reader by Albert Williams​
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“Nancy Hays nails Hedy’s voice while playing her lovable enough to avoid the groan-worthy stereotype of office bombshell”
Ellen Beth Gill, 
​Splash Magazine Review