"I am the ring master to this circus," Kristin Segal joked to me as we sat face to face over cocktails and loud music. It was her way of apologizing for the constant interruptions in our interview, done in a way that only a woman with her sense of humor can pull off.

There’s a firehouse in Harlem that isn’t what it seems to be. Brick, glass, and wrought iron of this once-abandoned structure are filled with music, poetry, singing, and dancing. The Faison Firehouse Theater (faisonfirehouse.org) is the brainchild of George Faison, famed choreographer of the Broadway hit "The Wiz".