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>>> GOOD NEWS ALL AROUND.

THANK YOU, SVEN.

IT'S A MUSICAL THAT WAS A MAJOR

HIT ON BROADWAY, BECOMING THE

FIRST TO SURPASS 3,000

PERFORMANCES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT "FIDDLER ON

THE ROOF."

NOW YOU CAN SEE IT IN YOUR OWN

BACK YARD.

MOLLY SUE MCDONALD IS IN THAT

SHOW, NOW AT THE CHANHASSEN

DINNER THEATER.

YOU ARE THE FIDDLER.

>> I AM.

IT'S ALL ABOUT ME.

>> CAN'T HAVE THE SHOW WITHOUT

YOU, CAN WE?

>> NO.

>> YOU WERE A STANDARD IN THE

THEATER COMMUNITY.

>> I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE THE

1980s.

>> YOU'RE JUST A KID.

HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

CHILD ACTOR.

YOU'RE PLAYING THE FIDDLER.

FOR THOSE FAMILIAR WITH

"FIDDLER ON THE ROOF," THAT'S

ALL YOU DO.

AND IT'S INTEGRAL TO THE STORY.

>> RIGHT.

THE FIDDLER USUALLY IS JUST

KIND OF A MIME CHARACTER PLAYED

BY A DANCER OR SOMEONE WHO

MOVES WELL.

I PLAY THE VIOLIN, SO THE MUSIC

DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR SAID

LET'S DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT

AND HAVE A FIDDLER WHO ACTUALLY

PLAYS.

I DON'T SPEAK, I DON'T SING,

AND I'M USUALLY A SINGER OR AN

ACTOR.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.

AS SOMEONE WHO NORMALLY DOES

SING AND/OR ACT, WHAT ARE YOU

BRINGING TO THE CHARACTER AS

FIDDLER IN THE PRODUCTION?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK OF MYSELF

AS KIND OF A SPIRIT, THE SPIRIT

OF THE VILLAGE AND THE SPIRIT

OF, MORE SPECIFICALLY THE

LEADING CHARACTER, KIND OF HIS

INNER VOICE.

AND I APPEAR IN THOSE SCENES

WHERE HE IS STRUGGLING AND

SPEAKING TO GOD AND HE KIND OF

KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS, BUT HE

DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO GET THERE

AND I'M KIND OF LURKING AROUND,

TRYING TO SPIRIT HIM INTO WHAT

HE NEEDS TO KNOW, TO DO.

>> YOU TOUCHED ON SOME OF THE

THINGS NOW, HIS RELATIONSHIP

AND HIS FAITH, WHY IT MAKES

THIS ENDURING POPULARITY IT'S

HAD.

TALK ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR

PRODUCTION, WHAT HAS MADE THIS

ONE SPECIAL FOR YOU?

>> WELL, THE THEATER HAS DONE

THIS NOW FOUR TIMES.

THIS IS THE 20th, NO, THE 45th

ANNIVERSARY --

>> RIGHT, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN

20 YEARS.

>> FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS,

EXACTLY.

SO IT'S REALLY A SPECIAL

PRODUCTION TO BE INVOLVED IN.

THERE ARE PEOPLE I'VE WORKED

WITH A LONG, LONG TIME AGO.

THERE ARE NEW PEOPLE TO THE

SHOW.

AND IT'S A CLASSIC MUSICAL.

THE MUSIC IS INCREDIBLE.

THE STORY IS INCREDIBLE.

IT'S JUST A VERY POWERFUL PIECE

OF MUSICAL THEATER.

>> I'M GUESSING THE CAST IS

PRETTY GOOD, TOO.

>> YES.

>> YOU'RE GOING TO STICK

AROUND.

YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY FOR US

THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

MOLLY SUE MCDONALD WE THANK

YOU.

SHE'LL BE PLAYING FOR US

THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HER

AND THE REST OF THE CAST AT

"FIDDLER ON THE ROOF," IT'S AT

THE CHANHASSEN THEATER.

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE GIVING AWAY A

FAMILY FOUR-PACK, DINNER AND