We put sunglasses on the Egyptians to give them masks, but to keep them modern. But for the pharaoh we decided to fully mask him because he is this ominous character seen as a God by his people.
The Nubians are living a more natural life so we wanted to give them that natural look. We used a lot of earth tones and used actual fishnets for their tops.
Behind each costume and makeup choice is a stylistic representation of something deeper within the musical. I hope the audience likes what we've done with it.