Michael Damian Recalls Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Missed Guest Star On The Young And The Restless

Michael Damian explained that when “The Young and the Restless’ ” then-head writer William J. Bell learned the iconic Andrew Lloyd Webber agreed to appear on the show, he wrote lengthy scenes for him in his exuberance. Damian recalled, “Bill got excited about it and ended up writing something much more substantial.” He read what Bell wrote and thought it was excellent, although he felt it was a monologue suited more for Eric Braeden’s ruthless character, Victor Newman.

But the Broadway legend backed out of anything more than a cameo, and Damian was unsurprised at that because, “Andrew isn’t an actor so I think he panicked when he saw what Bill had written for him,” humorously adding, “Either that, or he was too busy writing Sunset Boulevard!” Damian remarked at how heartbroken the head writer was that Webber didn’t want to do what he had written, but he recalled that musical maestro mended everything by generously, “Giving tickets to the entire cast and crew to come see one of my performances.”

Webber had built his show around Damian because of his amazing star power, and we’d love to see the Broadway legend return to the sudser, if only for a brief chat with Danny!