🎭 A bit of Broadway comes to Madison

📖 Imagination Center at Reindahl Park Moves Forward

• Construction plans moved forward this week on the first new public library in Madison in 25 years. Corporate Contractors Inc. was awarded the bid to build the Imagination Center at Reindahl Park, an indoor-outdoor community space that will be the first library located inside a Madison park. Construction will start this spring and will aim to be completed by summer 2026.
• 🎧 The Imagination Center is a big deal! Sabrina Madison joined us on the City Cast Madison podcast to explain why. [City of Madison, City Cast Madison]

🎭 ‘Back to the Future,’ ‘Great Gatsby’ Coming to Overture

• Touring versions of Broadway musical hits like “Back to the Future,” “The Great Gatsby,” and “Kimberly Akimbo” will come to Overture Center for the Arts later this year and next.
• The organization revealed its 2025-26 lineup Thursday, which included a mix of new musicals (“Some Like It Hot’) and returning favorites (“Hamilton,” “The Book of Mormon”). Overture will also bring back David Sedaris, “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and National Geographic Live!, and the Madison Symphony Orchestra will perform live musical accompaniment to the final “Harry Potter” movie.
• 🎧 Dig deeper: Cap Times food and culture editor Lindsay Christians joined us on the City Cast Madison podcast for the Friday news roundup to talk about the new season. Plus, we discussed the Madison city clerk’s departure and the back-and-forth over Urban Triage. [Overture Center, 🎧 City Cast Madison, City of Madison, News 3]

🏗️ Development Would Bring 200 Apartments to South Side

• Revised plans for a two-building development on South Park Street would include 200 income-restricted apartments and underground parking. The development includes an eight-story building that would, in addition to apartments, house medical offices for Public Health Madison and Dane County.
• The other building would be a five-story apartment building, with part of the ground floor used as the new home of Fire Station No. 6. The project still requires approval by the city. [ 🔒 WSJ]

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