if statement being completely ignored c#

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 
 public class Clickvalve : MonoBehaviour
 {
 
     // From the inspector, add the player GameObject on this script's field
     public Transform Player;
     // Exact same thing as player
     public Transform Box;
     // Set the desired interaction distance value
     public float InteractionDistance = 10;
     // Setting up the "playing" variable
     bool playing;
     // Setting up a public variable to be referenced by another script later
     public static int Valvepressure = 10;
     //following section updates every single frame
     void Update()
     {
         //if the animation is playing...
         if (GetComponent<Animation>().IsPlaying("Valve_turnright"))
         { //...then set "playing" to true
             playing = true;
         }
         else //otherwise...
         { //...set it to false.
             playing = false;
         }
     }
 
     //now, when I press the mouse button...
     void OnMouseDown()
     { //Playerdist is defined as the distance between player and box
         float Playerdist = Vector3.Distance(Box.position, Player.position);
         //then if the player distance is less than the interaction distance and the animation isnt playing...
         if (Playerdist < InteractionDistance & !playing);
         {// it should do all this. and it does...but for some reason, it skips the if statement. 
             GetComponent<Animation>().Play("Valve_turnright");
             GetComponent<AudioSource>().Play();
             if (Valvepressure > -6)
             {
                 Valvepressure = Valvepressure - 1;
             }
 
             Debug.Log("Valve pressure is now" + Valvepressure + "!");
         }
     }
 }