Gen X

The play is a prequel to the series, set in the same town but taking place in 1959, a generation before the 1980s hairstyles and New Wave mix tapes that made Season 1 such a Gen X trip.

Right now, most of the bosses that young people are going to be working for are either baby boomers or Gen X and now it’s sort of aging millennials and they all think differently and they all grew up with a different way of communicating depending on what technology was available.

But the band’s blended, “ni de aquí, ni de allá” existence became more of an asset with the addition of Pete Astudillo: a hip and fully bilingual singer-songwriter, who helped Los Dinos catch up with Gen X Mexican culture.

Those efforts appealed to the nostalgia of millennials and Gen X moviegoers, many of whom now have children of their own, Robbins said.

They bring a new generational sensibility to their characters, embodying a millennial version of Booth and Lincoln, a milder tack than the Gen X example of Jeffrey Wright and Mos Def, who starred in the Broadway premiere.