NBC Universal, Inc. Drag queen Amanda Playwith is performing again after being off stage for 16 months because of the pandemic. "I like to be near people," she said. "I like to play with them and give them a good show." Our redesigned local news and weather app is live! Download it for iOS or Android — and sign up for alerts. But that requires getting up close and personal in a compact setting. So her performance venue at Jacque's Cabaret in Boston will soon be asking customers to show their vaccine cards. If patrons don't show proof, they'll still be allowed in, but they'll have to mask up.