
Nikia Mathis
Tony Award-winning hair and wig designer for Broadway productions including "Jaja's African Hair Braiding" and "Cats: The Jellicle Ball"
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Jun 3, 2026
What Broadway Can Teach You About Reinvention w/ CATS: The Jellicle Ball's Hair & Makeup Team
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Nikiya MathisGUEST
And I pretty much wanted to allow Queen to really, to, to make sure that Queen's vision was being achieved here.

Nikiya MathisGUEST
So like, for instance, with Old Deuteronomy, so we start the conversation with Queen, then I have a consultation with, um, uh, Andre De Shields.

Nikiya MathisGUEST
So the other thing about that is I'm, I also started my journey, um, because I'm also an actor.

Nikiya MathisGUEST
So what I found in the, um-In the acting space is sometimes I would get, um, [smacks lips] you know, wigs would be put on me and no one had, you know, asked, like, what was going on with my hair.

Nikiya MathisGUEST
And then what also happened is I would have friends who, um, needed their hair done for shows because sometimes there weren't people who could, like, support them with natural hair.
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How does that affect how you're gonna, like, place a wig, like, using wig glue, like, deciding what you're gonna do?
