It’s a fragile but workable framework for what is basically a series of sketches: Mulhally and Lane serve as parental figures on more than one level, stepping in whenever the one-note performances of the leads begin to pall.

Dicks: The Musical seems like a fun, boundary-pushing LGBTQIA+ romp, but there’s no juice.

Incredibly raunchy, profane, and so knowingly over the top... It's truly inspired, but not for everyone.

Instead of the tennis-white vacationland that THE PARENT TRAP takes place in for family-friendly hijinks, DICKS reimagines NYC as a Dante Alighieri-minded fresco hellscape for the gays. To survive this, you say yes and meet it halfway.