Along with auditioning, Huberman said she enjoys performing her own concerts for the exposure it provides as well as the creative opportunities she can take advantage of. “It’s really important for theatre people to create their own opportunities,” she said. “It’s really easy to think you have no control over your career, and that’s just not true.”

The understanding that she was in control came to Huberman during a time when she was feeling unsettled and had enrolled in an acting class. She realized that the casting agents and directors – “the people across the table at the audition room” – were actually people as well, and they wanted her to be good at what she did, so they could cast her.

“I believe what is happening in your personal life mirrors what is happening in your career,” she said. “I was a bit lost and little bit flowing, but if you are self reflective and you are open and do whatever you need to do to deepen your knowledge….it was easy for me to hear the kind of advice and it stuck with me.”

The advice has helped and her confidence has grown, she said, but she has kept her sense of humor throughout all of her experiences.

“I think it’s hysterical to call myself the Broadway Idol,” she said. “I got an agent, and my agent introduces me as the Broadway Idol. It’s funny. If I go into an audition, it’s a talking point, but to be honest, a lot of people don’t know about it. It was a pretty small competition.”

So no parades? I asked jokingly.

“Oh, the parades!” she exclaimed, laughing. “All the parades. And having to wear my heavy crown in all the parades. It’s been a heavy crown to bear.”

Royalty and headdresses aside, Huberman said she is continuing to work and learn and perform as much as possible.

“We all go through a lot of different feelings – waves of confidence and lack thereof,” she said. “I finally, finally realized that it just takes that long. Everybody has a different path. Just keep doing good work and let people see that you’re doing good work. It builds upon itself like that.”