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

Bryant's wildly entertaining book is filled with celebrity stories, drawn from 'Three Stages'. The new edition is available as a free download for all types of reading devices

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 authorauthor@earthlink.net. 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.

About Ben Bryant:

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.

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.

Contact:

Ben Bryant
authorauthor@earthlink.net
http://www.entertainmentbooksbyben.com

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The Entertainment Books No Other Person Could Write – 'Waiting For Elizabeth', Final Segment In Series, Released By Author Ben Bryant

Following 'Three Stages' and 'Circumstances Beyond My Control', Ben Bryant’s third book is a satisfying ending to his extraordinary memoirs

Hollywood stories and celebrity memoirs can be found everywhere today. But never have entertainment books been written that offer an insider’s backstage – and on stage – view of the inner workings of the entertainment industry at nearly every level over a period of nearly six decades. Nobody could ever write such a series of books – save for one man – Ben Bryant.

While in his acting phase, 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. In his second book, covering his years as a freelance producer, he presents a vividly entertaining view of the world of movie and television production. Now comes the last book of Ben Bryant’s exceptional autobiographic trilogy. As has been evident in his two previous volumes, 'Three Stages' and 'Circumstances Beyond My Control', Ben’s "Journey" has been anything but ordinary or average.

Spanning from 1990 through 2014, the central story in the third volume is his losing and regaining the love of his life. This painful yet ultimately joyous saga is framed by his continuing artistic evolution, finally, as an editor and director in video.

Ben found his most creative expression as an editor. The process of taking hours and hours of disparate video and shaping it into a coherent, comprehensible and compelling form has provided his greatest sense of artistic expression. He shares these experiences from the arduous initial learning process through fascinating – often hilarious – tales of numerous projects. He skillfully demystifies the technical details of this complex craft making it clearly comprehensible to the uninitiated. 'Waiting for Elizabeth' is a satisfying and happy completion of these extraordinary memoirs.

"After thirty seven months – with the publication of 'Waiting for Elizabeth: My Journey, Book 3' – I’ve completed my memoirs," Bryant stated. "The process of remembering, fact-checking and the shaping of this seventy-nine year chronicle of an artist’s life into readable and, I hope, entertaining books has been at various times fun, grueling, painful, freeing, enlightening and, ultimately, very satisfying."

"When I began jotting down a few memories I had no intention to write a book but the reminiscence took on a life of its own and after six weeks there were over a hundred pages and I couldn’t stop. 'Wow,' I thought, 'I seem to be writing an autobiography.'"

"This experience reflects the way I’ve lived most of my life. You could say that I followed the Yogi Berra philosophy; ‘When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

"I’m glad I took this particular fork and am pleased with the outcome. I hope readers will be too."

Ben Bryant’s captivating stories capture the entertainment industry experience in ways no other work has ever captured it before or ever will again. He is a consummate storyteller. 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 stories form the basis of a work that readers will find revealing, amusing and wildly entertaining.

While working as an actor/singer, Ben Bryant performed 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. He has known and worked with many extraordinary people. After leaving the stage he worked as a motion picture camera assistant, a sound man, a producer, a production manager, an assistant director, a cameraman, a video director and editor. He was involved in the production of over 1,000 commercials and several movies, short films and documentaries. During his years in production he worked with many more household name level stars - from Carole King whose Central Park concert he production managed to Tony Randall and Paul Newman with whom he did commercials as an Assistant Director.

While the first two books gave readers a glimpse of the who, what, where, when and how of his life, 'Waiting For Elizabeth' finally tells readers '"why". The "why" is the love of his life, Elizabeth Hepburn.

Ben Bryant is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at authorauthor@earthlink.net. All three books 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.

About Ben Bryant:

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.

Contact:

Ben Bryant
authorauthor@earthlink.net
http://www.entertainmentbooksbyben.com

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The Entertainment Books No Other Person Could Write – 'Circumstances Beyond My Control' By Author Ben Bryant

The followup to 'Three Stages’, Ben Bryant’s second book offers a backstage view of the inner workings of the entertainment industry from a different point of view - that of movie production

Hollywood memoirs and celebrity stories can be found everywhere today. But never have entertainment books been written that offer an insider’s backstage – and on stage – view of the inner workings of the entertainment industry at nearly every level over a period of five decades. Nobody could ever write such a series of books – save for one man – Ben Bryant.

While in his acting period, Bryant shared the stage (and personal occasions) with literally dozens of household name level stars such as Mel Brooks, Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, Christopher Walken, Charles Bronson, Roy Rogers, Barbara Hershey, Mary Martin, David Carradine, John Cassavettes, Raul Julia and scores of others. In his second book, covering his years in production, he presents an enlightening view of the world of film and television production.

"During my active years as a producer and First Assistant Director," Bryant stated, "I often found myself in social situations – both with fellow film professionals and 'civilians' – recounting bizarre or otherwise interesting and funny tales of my adventures in production. At least a dozen times someone said, 'You should write a book.' I often joked that, due to the nature of my work, should I ever create such a tome it would be titled 'Circumstances Beyond My Control'. Having finished 'Three Stages', book one of my autobiography, the obvious next step was this volume."

'Circumstances' picks up where 'Three Stages' left off in 1972 and continues until the early ‘90s. It is quite different since Bryant's life changed radically during that period. He had been a working professional singer/actor for fifteen years and, while remaining in showbiz, he quickly transitioned to the other side becoming a production manager, producer and First Assistant Director in commercials and movies.

Bryant’s captivating and utterly unique stories capture the entertainment industry experience in ways no other work has ever captured it before or ever will again. Every segment of the industry – theatre, television, Las Vegas, national tours, The Metropolitan Opera and the Broadway stage – occupies a place in his tale. Bryant’s insightful “backstage view” of the world of entertainment and filmmaking is panoramic. His up close and personal stories form the basis of a work that readers will find revealing, amusing and wildly entertaining.

"My observation," Bryant continued, "is that most people are interested in the process of movie making. There are TV shows and magazines devoted to the subject and most of them are exploitative of celebrity stories. I find that in my own life folks are fascinated by the behind the camera 'nuts & bolts' of the process. That’s the primary subject of "Circumstances Beyond My Control". The title derives from the chaotic, unpredictable and crisis management nature of the filmmaking process.

While a singer and actor, Ben Bryant performed 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. He has known and worked with many extraordinary people. After leaving the stage he worked as a motion picture camera assistant, a sound man, a producer, a production manager, an assistant director, a cameraman and a video director. He was involved in the production of over 1,000 commercials and several movies, short films and documentaries. During his years in production he worked with many more household name level stars - from Carole King whose Central Park concert he production managed to Tony Randall and Paul Newman with whom he did commercials as an Assistant Director. 'Circumstances Beyond My Control' contains stories about more than a score of Hollywood and Broadway stars he worked and hung out with during these years.

Ben Bryant is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at authorauthor@earthlink.net. Both books are available at his website, at Payhip in all ebook formats and at Amazon in Kindle format. More information is available at Bryant’s website at http://www.EntertainmentBooksByBen.com.

About Ben Bryant:
Ben Bryant’s show business and real world careers include being 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, Paul Newman, Alfred Hitchcock, Mel Brooks, Neil Diamond, 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.

Contact:

Ben Bryant
http://www.EntertainmentBooksByBen.com
authorauthor@earthlink.net

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