Stockard Channing to Take Hiatus From Other Desert Cities to Film New TV Pilot with Mandy Moore.
Tony winner Stockard Channing will take a brief hiatus from Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities to film an untitled ABC pilot co-starring Mandy Moore. Channing leaves the production March 13 and is set to return to the Booth Theatre April 6. During that time, Channing’s understudy Lauren Klein will assume the role of matriarch Polly Wyeth. Directed by Joe Mantello, Other Desert Cities …