Musical theater is an interface. It guides attention through lighting, staging, music, movement, choreography, costume, and timing. A good production knows when to make something obvious and when to let the audience discover it slowly.
This matters for accessible XR because immersive environments create the same problem at a new scale. A user cannot perceive every visual detail at once. Designers need to decide what should be described, when it should be described, where it should sound like it comes from, and how much control the user should have.
Broadway keeps reminding me that accessibility is not only about information transfer. It is also about rhythm, emotion, anticipation, and the feeling of being included in the moment.