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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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Music Hall mural on the west side elevation
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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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Today, Music Hall stands as one of Detroit's premier venues for jazz, theater, and dance.
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Main entrance on Madison St.
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View at the stage from the center mezzanine
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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
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Hallway to the Tina & Leland Bassett Lounge
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Nice area to hang out for a while
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A view at the Music Hall Gallery Archive on the 5th floor which opened in Dec 2018.
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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.
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The gallery archive is open to the public and takes visitors through the impressive 90+ years history of Music Hall.
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It showcases the history of Detroit as seen through the lens of the performing arts.
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You can peek over the shoulder of a ‘dancer’ at her original 1928 makeup table as she prepares for her performance
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Meural digital canvases contain a concentrated history of dance, urban stage plays, Jazz Festivals and others
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Meural digital canvases contain a concentrated history of dance, urban stage plays, Jazz Festivals and others.
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A view at the stage from the main floor
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Another look at the main lobby
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A more detailed shot from inside the auditorium.
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Main entrance in Aug. 2023
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Vince Paul, President and Artistic Director of Music Hall, doing a private tour in December 2023
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