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Some people escape with sports or by going to the gym or cooking or reading a good book. Though I may do all of the above, its theater that lifts my heart. I recall the last Broadway show I attended, the musical Moulin Rouge, all cheekily garish sets, loud music, stylish dancing and a plot you could see coming from a mile away. I loved every minute, and even had a picture taken close by the stage. When I shared it on social media, and it was liked by one of my favorites, Danny Burstein, who played the club impresario, I was in theater nerd heaven. Then, when it was announced that Burstein, along with many of the shows cast, had come down with the virus, I knew it was time to rip up the tickets for my next theater outing. Everything had changed.

Its not that I dont dearly miss visiting family members, hugging my friends or returning to the now-dark Broadway scene.

But when Anthony Fauci says to keep wearing masks, at least for now, Im going to listen to him, not Rand Paul. And when leaders work to figure out a way to make Americans feel safe from violence when they do venture out, I wont immediately attack their efforts and their motives, which is Ted Cruzs go-to move.

Its about knowing the difference between real life and make believe.

MaryC.Curtishas worked at The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Charlotte Observer, as national correspondent for Politics Daily, and is a senior facilitator with The OpEd Project.Follow her on Twitter@mcurtisnc3.

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