Curious about marriage/ relationship success rates for Broadway stars

Knowing that a Broadway show can play up to eight times a week and that it's leading stars are in most of the shows I was just wondering how this takes it's toll on relationships/marriages. For example when you have such a wonderful creator of a show like Lin from Hamilton who spends six years writing the best show I've seen in years and performs and up to six shows a week in such demanding role how much time is left for quality family time/home life.

So much energy is put into the show and its creation and continued promotion I'm sure one arrives home exhausted. To make a marriage last under such circumstances seems simply incredible. I must give credit to those major Broadway stars that can make their relationships last...... I am wondering if anyone reading this post who is involved in a major Broadway show can give insight as to how the actors make their relationships work outside the theatre. Is there a higher than normal divorce rates for Broadway actors?

Updated On: 3/25/16 at 10:25 PM

I found this article about Danny Burstein and Rebecca Luker's marriage to be absolutely lovely.

http://www.playbill.com/article/a-fine-showmance-to-love-why-fiddler-star-danny-burstein-and-rebecca-luker-gave-marriage-a-second-chance-com-383405

Andy jones, the prince in the Cinderella your, is married to the Cinderella understudy(she may be a swing now). This is kind of ironic considering Santino Fontana is married to the Cinderella understudy from the Broadway company.

OP: Do you mean the strains of a relationship between someone working on Broadway and someone working the usual 9-5:00?

Yes that is exactly what I mean. If I were married to a Broadway star and work 9-to-5 hours with children it seems like I would never see my spouse as he or she would be arriving home usually after midnight when I'm sleeping and I would be gone the next morning. Even on weekends with two shows on Saturday and one on Sunday there's hardly any time for quality time together.

how does one make such a relationship work?

You kinda have to ask them....every marriage finds their own way



But I suppose they work with a lot of patience and understanding.

John Tartagila and his hubby Michael Shawn Lewis- six years strong

I think in general, marriages are a lot of work and commitment, and you find your own balance. I'm an ER doc, my hours are insane, I'm glad I'm marrying someone with more "stable" hours. We make it work, just like anyone else. And as someone pointed out, once they're in the show, performers only work a couple of hours a day.

Sunny11 said: "Many non showbiz jobs such as those in the medical field and other emergency services often involve antisocial hours. For many couples I know this actually works for them, where they split the child care by one working 9-5 while the other does evening and weekend shifts.

Its about compromising and discussing what works best for them as a couple I guess.





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Exactly. For over 20 years, my husband worked Sunday - Thursday evenings at a law firm. I taught during weekday mornings and had my own law firm job: double shifts on Saturday and Sunday.

Fridays were pretty much "sacred". We almost never scheduled anything that kept us apart on that day.

And, too, there were vacations and holidays, etc.

I'm glad we spend more time together now, but I can't say our work schedules were ever a serious threat to our relationship.