The podcast coincides with Channing's stage debut, which occurred Jan. 5, 1941, in a City Center production of No for an Answer.
City Center describes Marc Blitzstein's No for an Answer as a "'militant operetta' about love, murder, and unionization set in a Greek luncheonette… The audience sat in folding chairs, the stage was bare, and Blitzstein himself played the piano."
Listen to Channing's memories of the production — and hear two songs performed by the original cast — below: