Hamlet has a long history at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, one that goes back to 1861. Over the years, auteurs such as Ingmar Bergman and Thomas Ostermeier have brought productions to BAM, daring and different in their approaches to the Danish prince and his need for vengeance. The director Robert Hastie now comes to BAM with a Hamlet that stresses comedy. This melancholy prince (Hiran Abeysekera) is not melancholy, he’s boisterous and cocky. Launched at the National Theatre, in London, the production crosses the Atlantic for a four-week run. —Maggie Turner