Balagan is Israeli slang for “disorder.” A word said to have come with early immigrants from Russia, it can be used to describe anything from a teen’s messy bedroom to untold chaos on the battlefield.

To many, Warsaw and Tel Aviv seem worlds away. To Hanna Ferenc-Hilsden and her partner Agata, the cities have much in common. They share a word: Balagan, and a similar design aesthetic. The pair’s ...

More details are coming out about events leading up to the shutdown of Seattle’s Balagan Theatre. The popular company, which specialized in new and contemporary musicals, surprised many in the local ...