Are Moss and Armitage the youngest directors ever on Broadway?
No. That distinction goes to Orson Welles, who was just 20 when he helmed the Federal Theatre Project's production of Macbeth. Featuring an entirely black cast and set in the Caribbean, it earned the nickname "Voodoo Macbeth" and became an instant sensation when it opened at Harlem's Lafayette Theatre on April 14, 1936 (it moved downtown to the Adelphi Theatre that summer). Writing for the New York Times, Brooks Atkinson (the namesake of the venue in which Six is currently running) praised Welles's staging as "uncommonly resourceful in individual scenes," but lamented, "it has missed the sweep and scope of poetic tragedy." It's a mixed review for a Broadway newbie, and I bet Armitage and Moss can top it. The final few minutes of the FTP's Macbeth have been preserved in the above film, which serves as a testament to just how radically acting styles have shifted over the last 85 years.
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