Bill Pullman (now starring at the president in NBC’s “1600 Pennâ€) is joining the cast of “The Other Place†beginning February 5, the Manhattan Theater Club has announced. Mr. Pullman will take over the role of Ian from Daniel Stern, whose final performance in that role will be February 3. Mr. Stern is taking an early leave from the production at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater because of family matters in California, according to a press release from the Manhattan Theater Club. The new drama by Sharr White stars Laurie Metcalf as Juliana Smithton, a businesswoman beset by a medical crisis and is directed by Joe Mantello (“Other Desert Cities:). It was recently extended through March 3, fter opening last March at the Lucille Lortel Theater.
