Beyond oddness, though, “Flying Over Sunset” is unforgivably dull onstage. It would make a fascinating New Yorker article, but is far from a compelling, cohesive musical.

NEW YORK — In the category of bad trips, few Broadway offerings at the moment can compete with “Flying Over Sunset,” the turgid new musical about celebrities on LSD. This offbeat premise ...

Lapine had the original idea for “Flying Over Sunset,” and invited in Tom Kitt, center, and Michael Korie, right, to collaborate on the music and lyrics. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times ...

Not really. The show is too talky and grounded in realism to be truly trippy. Robert Sella, Harry Hadden-Paton, Carmen Cusack and Tony Yazbeck in “Flying Over Sunset” ...