A musickal tribute to the Kennedy Boys:

BOSTON — The Boston Pops is taking the wraps off a musical tribute to the Kennedys.

The world premiere of “The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers,” is set for Tuesday night at Symphony Hall. Celebrity narrators Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Ed Harris will read from some of the most famous speeches of President John F. Kennedy and Sens. Robert and Edward Kennedy.

Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart commissioned composer Peter Boyer and lyricist Lynn Ahrens to write the piece, which will be performed several other times this spring and during the Pops summer season.

Lockhart says he first began thinking about a tribute to the Kennedys several years ago and decided to move forward after Edward Kennedy’s death from brain cancer last summer.

“Lincoln Portrait” this ain’t, I’m thinking.

I wonder if they’re going to work Teddy’s defamation of Bob Bork in somewhere.  Or perhaps an underwater chorus?

And as far as the readings go, I think the Pops should get rid of all those stars and have Dan Castellaneta do them in his Mayor Quimby voice instead.

Come to think of it, that might almost be worth hearing!