THE FLOOD to Play One Night Only Concert at Times Center

THE FLOOD, an original musical inspired by the historic 1993 Mississippi River Floods, will receive a one night only concert presentation at The TimesCenter (242 West 41st Street) on Saturday, September 8 at 8pm. Produced by Prospect Theater Company, THE FLOOD kicks off their 2018-2019 season and this IGNITE series concert is presented in partnership with Greymatters Productions.

Co-created by founding company artists Peter Mills (co-writer: book, music and lyrics) andCara Reichel (co-writer: book, music and lyrics; direction) with musical direction by Katya Stanislavskaya, this special event commemorates the 25th anniversary of the devastating 1993 flood of the Mississippi River, and will benefit the continued recovery of hurricane-affected communities in Puerto Rico through a related UNIDOS campaign.

A cast of Broadway and Prospect Theater Company stars, to be announced shortly, will be joined by a chorus of more than 30 singers from Monroe County and Valmeyer, Illinois - the community which survived the Great Flood of 1993 and whose stories inspired the musical.

THE FLOOD was initially developed by Prospect in spring, 2001, and presented in a workshop production on the Lower East Side. Subsequently, Prospect presented an off-Broadway run of THE FLOOD in 2006. In 2007, the musical had its regional premiere at the Monroe Actors Stage Company in Illinois, which will also present an encore staging of the show this fall.

Of its previous productions, The New York Times cheered, "a majestic score that evokes the free-ranging Americana of Ragtime," Theatermania raved, "remarkable! The score succeeds magnificently," and Talkin' Broadway said, "glorious...surging anthems and rapturous hymns crown a collection of complex character songs."

Tickets for THE FLOOD are $30 - $50 and can be purchased at www.ProspectTheater.org or by calling 212-352-3101.

Direct donations to the concert's Hispanic Federation UNIDOS Disaster Relief and Recovery Program online fundraising campaign can be made via the show web page at www.ProspectTheater.org.