The Entertainment Book No Other Person Could Write - 'Three Stages, My Journey - Special Selections Edition' Released By Author Ben Bryant

    WILMINGTON, NC, May 21, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Hollywood stories and celebrity memoirs can be found everywhere today. But never has an entertainment book been written that offers an insider's backstage - and on stage - view of the inner workings of the entertainment industry at nearly every level over a period of over three decades. Nobody could ever write such a book - save for one man - Ben Bryant.

Bryant shared the stage or screen (as well as personal occasions) with literally dozens of household name level stars such as Clint Eastwood, Christopher Walken, Charles Bronson, Claire Trevor, Roy Rogers, David Carradine, Jerry Orbach, Mary Martin, Raul Julia and scores of others. Ben's "Journey" has been anything but ordinary or average.

Ben Bryant is a storyteller beyond compare. His stories capture the entertainment industry experience in ways no other work has ever captured it before. Every segment of the industry - theatre, television, Las Vegas, national tours, The Metropolitan Opera and the Broadway stage - occupies a place in his engaging tales. Bryant's "backstage view" of the world of entertainment is panoramic. His up close and personal celebrity stories form the basis of a work that readers will find revealing, amusing and highly entertaining.

Ben Bryant performed on Television, on Broadway, at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center as well as on stages and in concert halls all over the USA and Canada. He was even briefly an opera singer at the Met.

"One of the things I've found surprising about readers' reactions to 'Three Stages'," Bryant said, "is that this book is seen by nearly all of them to be a Hollywood memoir. I just wrote about my life and the shows I did and the people in them. At the time it never even occurred to me that this was a celebrity book."

'Three Stages' has received rave reviews. Rick Skye, award winning writer and performer wrote on newsun.com, "There are several qualities of life that would seem to have all but disappeared in these United States of late, but I couldn't quite put my finger on them until I spent a lovely couple of days living through the first few stages of Ben Bryant's colorful life. What at first appears to be a straightforward ... autobiography is transformed by these qualities - charm, a poetic way with a turn of phrase and simple honesty - into a non-fiction novel about a way of life in an America that no longer exists. He brings it back to life like Brigadoon, with humor and sentiment, recalled through the beautiful mist of memory."

"... instead of the usual tales of Hollywood intrigue he spins yarns of touring in summer stock in the big, lush post WWII days when America spent it's summers picnicking by day and attending outdoor musical performances in the evening. A red blooded man's man, he intertwines intimate tales of getting to know the opposite sex and the ingenuity he uses to break into show business like a cowboy telling tall tales around a roaring fire. .

As he grows in self-knowledge, he easily transforms from sports figure to musical and stage star to magazine publisher to film producer. It is this spiritual quality that makes his story so uplifting and the same quality that leads him to find his soul mate and ultimately take her as his wife. ..."

Mary Beth Magee, on the Yahoo Contributor Network stated, "Ben Bryant has worn many hats over the decades: student, athlete, musician, singer, actor and more. In "Three Stages", he tells the early part of his story and invites readers to share his experiences. This is the first of a [3 volume] series on his kaleidoscopic life.

"Unlike many Hollywood memoirs, this book examines more of the fun side of the entertainment industry. Bryant doesn't sugarcoat the events, but he doesn't go looking for downside negatives, either. He doesn't spend his pages bashing others. "

"... Bryant brings an enthusiasm to his narrative that is often lacking from memoirs. ... As might be expected of a story set that covers thirty-seven years of an attractive young man's life, there are sexual encounters. Unlike many such books, Bryant handles the events with refreshing discretion. There are no embarrassing discussions, only an observation that such did occur. Very classy."

"Three Stages ... [is] an ongoing conversation about a life lived to the hilt and how Bryant has grown into new roles along the way. From Bristol, Tennessee to the glitter of Hollywood and the hustle of The Big Apple, Bryant shares the ride with his readers in a joyous recounting of the journey."

"... If you simply enjoy a good adventure yarn, you'll enjoy Bryant's story. You'll laugh, you'll shake your head in bemusement sometimes and you'll just have a good time reading Three Stages".

The Special Selections edition of 'Three Stages' offers some of the "best of the best" tales from the book. This edition is available as a free download ebook in mobi, epub and pdf versions, allowing for access from nearly any kind of ebook reader technology. The book can be downloaded from the books page at http://www.entertainmentbooksbyben.com.

Ben Bryant is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at [email protected]. All three books in Bryant's series, 'Three Stages, 'Circumstances Beyond My Control' and 'Waiting For Elizabeth' are available at Amazon in Kindle format, at Barnes & Noble for Nook and at Payhip in all eBook formats. Paperback versions are available at Lulu.com. More information is available at Bryant's website at http://www.EntertainmentBooksByBen.com.

Ben Bryant's show business and real world careers include being a line gang grunt, a jackhammer operator, a swimming and water safety instructor, a gym trainer, an Air Force medic, a choir director, an oratorio soloist, a musical theatre singer, an actor, a jazz arranger, a recording artist, a theatre director, operating partner in a typography company, a magazine production manager, a dancer, a motion picture camera assistant, a sound man, a producer, a motion picture production manager, an assistant director, a cameraman, a video editor, an author, a mentor and a video director.

He has performed on Broadway, at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center as well as on stages and in concert halls in the USA and Canada. He has worked with or known stars such as Clint Eastwood, Alfred Hitchcock, Neil Diamond, Mel Brooks, Frank Zappa, Christopher Walken, Charles Bronson, Dave Brubeck, Roy Rogers, David Carradine, Jon Voight, Michael Bennett, Leonard Bernstein, Tony Martin, Charles Durning, Mary Martin, Jack Benny, Jack Jones, Frankie Avalon, Barbara Hershey, Dale Evans, Ricardo Montalban, Raul Julia, Cyd Charisse, Alan King, Jerry Orbach and many others.

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