Music Hall - Photos Interior

Music Hall

The main lobby

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A view at the stage from under the mezzanine on the main floor.

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A view at the stage from the balcony

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The 1800 seat auditorium right before a Jazz performance in April 2023

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View at the auditorium from the stage

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View at the stage from the center mezzanine

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Main entrance on Madison St.

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One of the main floor bar areas

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A view at the rear corridor on the main floor

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The auditorium is richly decorated in a Spanish Renaissance theme. Inside the building the colors of the exterior intensify into aquas, rusts, and golds and the walls are paneled in dark wood and travertine.

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View at the stage from the balcony.

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Aretha's Jazz Café

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Looking down from the balcony level

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Stage area

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Staircase from main floor to Mezzanine

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Star dressing room backstage

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Star dressing room backstage

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Staircase to upper floors

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A different view at the main lobby

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Above the stage - A look at the rigging & fly system

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Above the stage - A look at the rigging & fly system. It has 53 line-sets (63 feet long), plus one stage left and right tab set.

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Looking up from above the stage

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Below the stage...where artists hang out before, during and after their performance.

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A view inside one of the three Chorus dressing room in the basement.

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Another Chorus dressing room below the stage for up to 12 performers.

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Corridor to additional dressing rooms for two performers on the second, third and fourth level

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Corridor to additional dressing rooms for two performers on the second, third and fourth level

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A staircase well used during prohibition...

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A view at the Tina & Leland Bassett Lounge on the third floor

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The Tina & Leland Bassett Lounge

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The Tina & Leland Bassett Lounge

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The Tina & Leland Bassett Lounge

Hallway to the Tina & Leland Bassett Lounge

Nice area to hang out for a while

A view at the Music Hall Gallery Archive on the 5th floor which opened in Dec 2018.

It's a small museum, with a timetable guaranteed to dazzle, nifty high-tech Meural Canvas info screens, and historic artifacts and vitrines filled with posters and playbills.

The gallery archive is open to the public and takes visitors through the impressive 90+ years history of Music Hall.

It showcases the history of Detroit as seen through the lens of the performing arts.

You can peek over the shoulder of a ‘dancer’ at her original 1928 makeup table as she prepares for her performance

Meural digital canvases contain a concentrated history of dance, urban stage plays, Jazz Festivals and others

Meural digital canvases contain a concentrated history of dance, urban stage plays, Jazz Festivals and others.

A view at the stage from the main floor

Another look at the main lobby

A more detailed shot from inside the auditorium.

Vince Paul, President and Artistic Director of Music Hall, doing a private tour in December 2023

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