Play project on projector with MBP retina. Best way?

I have a video project (Anamorphic DV with music) that will be shown in an auditorium on a projector. I want the best possible quality with least chance of problems. I'm just starting the editing, but want to get an idea of how I will present the final video.
The auditorium is primarily used for live plays, but they have an AV crew that I will be working with on the day of the showing. I haven't met with them yet, and want to make sure I start this project correctly.
For the showing, can I just connect the projector to my new MacBook Pro (Retina Display) using the HDMI port and play the project on my Mac from within FCP X? Would I just play it in the FCP timeline using full screen? Or do I select the projector somehow as a 2nd monitor? Or should I export the file as a full quality Quicktime movie? Is this better or worse than playing it directly within FCP? Less prone to problems? Would the quality be the same?
Don't have any experience with this, and there will be a couple hundred people for this event, so I want to make sure I do this right! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks alot.

Thank you Tom. I like the suggestions, but still a little unsure about the mechanics of a few things you mentioned.
1) Mirroring: I see in my Displays control panel a box that says, "Show mirroring options in menu bar when available." Does this mean that we connect the projector to the HDMI port on my MacBook Pro Retina, then an icon will apear along my menu bar at the top of my display? Then I select "mirroring" from that?
2) Deinterlacing: I have my project preferences set for 720 x 480 DV Anamorphic, because it was shot in SD anamorphic. I read that this is a typical resolution for SD projectors. I hope this is correct. I also set my project settings for 29.97p. Does this still require that I deinterlace the video? If it's set for 29.97p and not 29.97i, do I still have to deinterlace? If so, then in lieu of using software like JES Deinterlacer (which I'm not familiar with), can I just turn the field dominance to none somehow for the whole project? Whould this accomplish the same thing?
3) Back to the project settings. Still unsure if 720 x 480 DV Anamorphic is the correct choice. I shot most of the video with a Canon XL2 set for 16 x 9. I also shot some footage using a Sony HDR-FX1000, which is normally an HDV camcorder, but I had the camera set for SD so as to match the Canon footage. Also, I shot a portion of one tape in HDV mode by mistake. Will all this footage be usable in the project? Do I need to transcode it? It appears that the transcoding to Apple ProRes 422 is grayed out. I think FCP X is rendering the HDV footage, because there are render bars over those clips I believe. I hope this doesn't cause problems. Any advice in this regard given the info I've provided you? Again, is 720 x 480 DV Anamorphic the project setting you would use if this is going to a projector?
I hope you can give me your advice on these three items I am still unsure about. Thank you very much Tom.

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