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What’s in a name?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Apparently some people were jolted when the name Daniel Thomas May turned up in my review of “As You Like It” at Georgia Shakespeare.
For the record, Daniel Thomas May is the same guy who’s been performing around town for years as Daniel May.
Reached by phone to clarify, the popular Atlanta actor said: “I was tossing and turning last night trying to think up a good story to try to make it more exciting than it actually is.”
May has simply decided to start using his official Actor’s Equity name in all public references — including the new program for Georgia Shakespeare’s summer rep, in which he plays Orlando.
After joining Equity in 2003, May says the union sent him a letter informing him that there was another Daniel May on its roster and suggesting he alter his name to avoid a mix-up. Since then, May has used his full name on all contracts, whether working in San Francisco, Chicago or Atlanta.
“I figured I’d just go ahead and bite the bullet and put it out there,” says the buffed, 33-year-old, who has appeared in “The Pillowman” at Actor’s Express, “In the Red and Brown Water” at the Alliance and numerous other productions.
“I hadn’t expected it to be so controversial,” he joked in an email.
The other Daniel May was in the national touring company of “Thoroughly Modern Millie.”
On the Internet Movie Database, Atlanta’s Daniel Thomas May is known as Daniel May (II). There are three other Daniel Mays on the movie database. If he joins the Screen Actors Guild, May says he’ll use his middle name to avoid any more confusion.
Whew. Glad we cleared that up.
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