Odds & Ends: GOT's Alfie Allen Set for Jesse Eisenberg's The Spoils, A Better Place Pushes Back Start Date & More

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.

GOT's Alfie Allen Set for Jesse Eisenberg's The Spoils
This is some lineup! Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones), Katie Brayben (Beautiful, King Charles III) and Annapurna Sriram (Billions) will join the previously announced Jesse Eisenberg and Kunal Nayyar in the European premiere of The Spoils. Directed by Scott Elliott, the off-Broadway hit, penned by Eisenberg himself, will play a limited engagement May 27 through August 13. Opening night for the millennial comedy is set for June 2 at the West End’s Trafalgar Studios.

A Better Place Pushes Back Start Date
Off-Broadway's A Better Place will now begin performances on May 5; it had previously been set to start on May 4, but the performance has been canceled owing to the need for additional technical rehearsals. Directed by Evan Bergman and starring Edward James Hyland, the show will officially open on May 15 at the Duke On 42nd Street. Broadway.com customers with tickets to the cancelld performance will be contacted with information on refunds or exchanges.

Chita Rivera Schedules Encore Shows at the Café Carlyle
Couldn't make the dates work in getting to see Chita Rivera’s turn at the Café Carlyle? Well fear not, the Broadway legend has announced four encore performances at the New York hotspot, May 18 through May 21. Rivera will be joined by music director Michael Croiter (percussion and guitar), associate music director Michael Patrick Walker (piano), Jim Donica (bass) and Dan Willis (reeds). And just because you deserve an extra treat on this Tony Tuesday, here's the two-time Tony winner's classic performance of "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" on The Judy Garland Show. You're welcome.