Gregory Qaiyum and Jeffrey Qaiyum, aka GQ and JQ, have been around for years now. I recall watching their breakout “add-rap-tation,” called “The Bomb-itty of Errors,” in 1999, which is before some members of the cast of their latest, “Rome Sweet Rome,” were even born.

The previous leadership at Chicago Shakespeare Theater had a big commitment to the Chicago-raised pair, once pretty big hometown celebrities, seeing in their work a way to introduce the Bard to a new, younger audience. So in 2008, “Funk It Up About Nothin’” came along, then in 2013, “Othello: The Remix.” That’s not a complete list: The Q Brothers also have (among others) “Dress The Part,” a reimagining of “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” “I Heart Juliet” (one of the few I haven’t seen) and “ms. estrada,” a hip hop adaptation of Ar

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