Kevin Spacey has chops

I saw Moon for the Misbegotten Wednesday night. And sure, Eve Best - up for a Tony - did just fine.

But Kevin Spacey was revolutionary, taking Eugene O'Neill's alcoholic rich boy and making him a complex bundle of nerves and  subterranean passion. He brightened up the stage. I know he's not what people usually think of in that role; but he brought new light to it.

Afterwards, I did something I never do: waited by the stage door. All three stars kindly, patiently signed autographs. When Spacey had my playbill, I said, "You really showed your chops tonight."

And he paused, looked me in the eye, and said seriously, "Thank you."

It reminded me how much we want that from celebrities - to be seen.