Borle and Foster met long before either took home their first Tony statuettes. Their paths crossed in the late 1990s during college-era auditions and regional circuits, eventually leading to their wedding in 2006 just as both careers hit top gear. Their divorce three years later sent ripples through the Broadway community, but the split avoided public acrimony.
Rather than disappearing from each other's creative orbits, Borle and Foster continued to collaborate on major commercial projects. In 2016, Amy Sherman-Palladino cast Borle in Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, putting him directly into the eccentric Stars Hollow musical sequence alongside Foster. The creative reunion showed that their personal past never compromised their professional chemistry.
Foster would go on to marry screenwriter Ted Griffin in October 2014, with whom she adopted her child. When Foster spoke about becoming a mother, she spoke openly about her path with Griffin, leaving Borle's name out of family milestones where it did not belong. The theatre district recognized the boundary immediately, even if internet aggregators struggled to keep the facts straight.
