Victoria Huston-Elem

Victoria played the Electra and understudied Rose in Goodspeed's production of GYPSY.

Victoria participated in an industry reading of Andrew Lippa's LEAP in January. Directed by Noah Himmelstein and musically directed by Lily Ling, this new piece ties together the lives of Harvey Milk, Anne Hutchinson, and Allen C. Allensworth.

Victoria returned to Radio City Music Hall for her second season as Mrs. Claus in the Christmas Spectacular! 

Victoria performed as part of Dave Malloy's immersive Love Around The Block: a new musical piece written to celebrate the grand opening of the Hermés flagship store on Madison Avenue. 

Julie Andrews directed a benefit reading of The Great American Mousical at Bay Street Theatre in August. Victoria was thrilled to play Toby opposite the stars: Debra Monk, Howard McGillin, and Jonathan Freeman.

Victoria played Emma Goldman, JP Morgan, and a variety of other characters in Bay Street Theatre's production of Ragtime. The chamber production featured a cast of only fourteen adults and two children.

Victoria played Dorothy Brock in Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre's production of 42nd Street: June 30th-July 10th, 2022.

Victoria understudied all four women in Goldie, Max & Milk at 59E59. She played Max for the last two weeks of the run.

The play was presented as part of the Volt Festival: celebrating the work of playwright Karen Hartman. 

Victoria was in the ensemble of the first public reading of The Great Gatsby: music by Jason Howland, Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, book by Kait Kerrigan - directed by Marc Bruni.

Victoria played Mrs. Claus in the 2021 Radio City Christmas Spectacular, singing

the Christmas hit, "Man With The Bag."

Victoria sings "Luci & Sonny" on part one of a three-part concept album for Ethan Carlson's biblical musical, Her Sound.

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Now streaming on all platforms.

Victoria is featured on Ryan Scott Oliver's newest album: Future Demons. 

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Check out "The Story We Used To Tell" wherever you listen.

Victoria's single "Nights Like This (Your Mom)," the joyful, rhythmic brainchild of Lydia Benecke, has been released on all music platforms.

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Broadway Records has re-released the original cast album of Golden Boy Of The Blue Ridge for its 10th Anniversary.

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Check them out on Spotify, Apple Music, or wherever you listen!

Victoria is featured on Artists In Residence, a benefit album written and recorded entirely in quarantine. Produced by Andrew Gerle and released by Broadway Records, all proceeds benefit The Actors Fund and the Dramatists Guild Association.

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Available for purchase on Broadway Records website, or wherever music is streamed/sold.

Listen to Victoria's performance of Peter Mills "Two Buoys" on the AUDIO page.

Victoria played the roles of Ethel/Myrtle in the New York Theatre Barn's presentation of A Complicated Woman, written by Jonathan Brielle, Ianne Fields Stewart, and Sam Salmond.

Directed  by Jeff Calhoun, this piece explores the complicated life of John Kenley: the Broadway impresario who spent their summers running a successful regional theatre as John, and their winters in Florida as a woman named Jean. For more information on J. Kenley's life, click HERE for a brief documentary.

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Victoria was thrilled to finally take on the role of The Baker's Wife in December!

Into The Woods was produced by Flint Repertory Theatre, and directed by Michael Lluberes.

Victoria understudied Alice Ripley in the role of Norma Desmond in North Shore Music Theatre's production of Sunset Boulevard. 

Victoria's voice can be heard in the new Shawn Ku film, A Score To Settle, starring Nicolas Cage and Benjamin Bratt. 

Victoria and Eli Zoller's haunting, new arrangement of "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" (orig. written by Harry Carroll & Joseph McCarthy) plays over the credits of the film. 

Victoria was featured in last month's Harmony: POP concert at Green Room 42: An evening of harmony arrangements of popular music - hosted, arranged, and produced by Jake Odmark.

Victoria was part of a trio with Mike Harrison and Gabe Violett, singing "Attention" by Charlie Puth. 

Video of their performance can be viewed HERE.

Victoria performed four songs as part of Ben Clark's inaugural musical theatre concert at Green Room 42.

Ben Clark is still a largely unknown composer, unless you've heard his unforgettable music. A new voice in American musical theatre, for the past decade Clark has contributed music and lyrics for three musicals: The Circus in Winter, Skin and Bones, and the very recent Bruno and the Gospel of Infinity. Composing on guitar, drawing influence from artists like Jeff Buckley, Dave Matthews, and Martin Sexton, Clark's writing style is a story-driven blend of folk, Americana, and rock. 

Victoria recently played Mrs. Squires in The Music Man at the Goodspeed Operahouse! Directed by Jenn Thompson and choreographed by Patti Wilcox, this was the first time The Music Man has been produced at the Goodspeed.

Victoria recently completed a staged reading of Lolita, My Love - a musical version of Vladimir Nabokov's infamous novel, "Lolita." 

Presented as part of the York Theatre Company's Musicals In Mufti series, this is the first time Lolita, My Love has been seen since its pre-broadway closing out of town in the early 70's. 

Victoria played "Aldora" in a reading of A Hero's Tale by Arthur LaFrentz Bacon, Mads AEbeloe Nielsen, and Randy Blair. Directed by John Simpkins, musically directed by Jesse Kissel.

Victoria recently recorded a demo of "Overgrown" for the new musical Skin & Bones: by Ben Clark and Andrew Kramer.

You can listen to the new track, performed with Jim Hogan, by clicking HERE.

Learn more about Skin & Bones HERE.

Victoria is thrilled to be reuniting with her Prospect Theater Company family for a one-night-only concert performance of The Flood by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel. Inspired by the historic 1993 flooding of the Mississippi River, this special performance will benefit hurricane-affected communities in Puerto Rico. Victoria will be revisiting the role of Susan, singing one of her all-time favorite songs, "Its Amazing The Things That Float."

Victoria was thrilled to play Miss Bassett in the first national tour of FINDING NEVERLAND, directed by Diane Paulus. The Equity tour closed in April of 2018, and Victoria played five hundred and eighty of those performances.

Victoria played the role of Mother Mary Hawkins in the regional premier of TREASURE ISLAND at Merry Go Round playhouse. 

Victoria is understudying Nora Barnacle, Sylvia Beach, Harriet Weaver, and Lucia Joyce in the Off-Broadway musical Himself And Nora, now playing at the Minetta Lane Theatre.  

Victoria performed "Fish And Bird" by Tom Waits at a benefit for Bideawee: an organization for animal adoption and pet welfare.  Watch her performance: HERE

Victoria was thrilled to return to The Circus In Winter for a developmental reading earlier this month.

Victoria will be understudying Mother Superior in North Shore Music Theatre's production of SISTER ACT.

EVELYN SHAFFER AND THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME has been selected for publication along with five other short plays.  Congratulations Greg Edwards and Andy Roninson!

EVELYN SHAFFER AND THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME has moved forward to the finals of the Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival!  Winning plays will be published by Samuel French.

Victoria is thrilled to be playing the title role in EVELYN SHAFFER AND THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME by Andy Roninson and Greg Edwards.  This will be the only musical presented in this year's Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival.

Victoria is thrilled to be revisiting the role of Dottie in Ryan Scott Oliver's WE FOXES.  This reading will be directed be Leigh Silverman and presented by Playwrights Horizons.

Victoria will be participating in The PiTCH: a one week intensive workshop through the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival.  She will be working on a new musical by Ben Clark and Andrew Kramer: SKIN & BONES.

Victoria and Andrew Gerle were asked to recreate their Lincoln Center Originals piece, "Verdi," at the most recent Lincoln Center Board Meeting.

Victoria was honored to be a part of the very first Lincoln Center Originals: Songwriters - an evening of musical theatre songwriters performing original songs inspired by the Lincoln Center campus.  She sang a brand new piece by Andrew Gerle entitled, "Verdi."

View their performance HERE.

Victoria is featured on Daniel Maté's demo recording of The Longing And The Short Of It, a new song cycle.

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Hear the full demo HERE.

Victoria will be participating in The Long Wharf's developmental workshop of Table - a new musical by Adam Gopnik and David Shire, directed by Gordon Edelstein.

Victoria will be singing several songs at Daniel Maté's farewell concert: Before I Go.  Also featured are Noah Zachary, Liz Lark Brown, and Grace McLean.

Victoria will be playing the role of "Elizabeth" in the Goodspeed Operahouse's developmental production of The Circus In Winter.

Victoria will be playing the role of "Dottie" in the York Theatre's developmental reading of We Foxes by Ryan Scott Oliver.

Victoria played the role of Hannah in an industry reading of Finishing Arthur Danby, a new musical by David Austin and Timothy Wilson.

Victoria played the role of Kay in the Out Loud reading of PIED! 

Written by Gordon Leary and Julia Meinwald; presented at Ars Nova.

The original off-broadway cast of Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge will come together for a reunion concert at (le) Poisson Rouge this summer!

Victoria will be returning to the streets of France as Fantine in the Lyric Theatre's production of Les Miserables.

Victoria will be singing at Joe's Pub to celebrate the release of Eli Zoller and the O Pioneer Band's bluegrass EP. 

Victoria is excited to be performing in Prospect Theater Company's 7th Annual Musical Theater Lab: STREET SEEN - a series of short musicals based on images taken from the Google Car. 

Victoria participated in Muse Match: a benefit concert pairing up-and-coming composers with up-and-coming performers to create brand new songs.

Paired with Nathan Dame and Rob Baumgartner, Victoria performed a kick-ass song called "David." 

Watch it on Youtube HERE.

The first video from Victoria's return to 54 Below is finally on YouTube!  In honor of Valentine's Day, Victoria invited her audience to participate in a MadLib of Rodgers and Hart's "My Funny Valentine"

View on YouTube HERE.

After a nearly sold-out performance in October, 54 Below has invited Victoria to reprise her cabaret this winter. 

Mark your calendars for February 12th!

11:30pm. $10 cover, 2-drink min. TICKETS

Victoria played Gretchen #1 in Ryan Scott Oliver's  Jasper In Deadland - presented as part of RSO Fest at 54 Below.

Watch on YouTube HERE.

Victoria played Captain Hook (and others) in Columbia Stages' production of Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers.  Directed by Christopher Murrah.

See images in the Production Still Gallery.

Victoria played a nearly sold-out house for her New York cabaret debut.  Rumor has it she may be planning a repeat performance!  Stay tuned.

After competing in The Callback competition, Victoria has been offered a solo cabaret at 54Below:  October 9th at 11:30pm.  Come enjoy an evening of song and story!

Victoria played the role of Marion in God's Country as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF).

Victoria understudied Madame Thenardier in the Riverside Theatre's production of Les Miserables.

Victoria premiered Ryan Scott Oliver's "Wooden Box" as part of RATED RSO: MT17 at Joe's Pub.

Watch the video HERE.

Victoria completed over a year on the road with THE ADDAMS FAMILY first national tour.

Images of her mural artwork for the production can be found in the Gallery.