Solid, well-written play from the mid-80s about diplomats negotiating during the Cold War.

Another excellent play production from LA Theatre works - I loved all the extra content in their version with interviews etc.

As for the play it feels odd to listen to a cold war play now but it works very well. It does not leave me rushing to listen/read/watch another play by the dramatist but I would be very happy to do so.

A wonderful play.
But the subject matter is dated now.

A Walk In the Woods audio is presented by the LA Theatre Works.
Alfred Molina and Stephen Weber are delightful as Russian and American delegates brokering world peace.
Glad I listened.

I thoroughly enjoyed the LA Theatre Works production of this play. As a school librarian, I can see so many uses within our curriculum for this wonderful play about the developing relationship between two arms limitation negotiators, one Russian and one American. The characters were so rich as they discuss the nature of arms agreements with flickers of hope and disappointments all at the caprice of superpowers with deeply ingrained distrust of each other. All of this with the background of two men with an impossible task who develop a friendship that seems to be the only thing worth keeping. Wonderful!

Definitely a product of the Cold War era, but addresses issues that are always relevant. Good dialogue; I'd like to see performed live to get a sense of how it flows on stage.

I really did not enjoy this play. If you're going to write a play with just two characters in a single set that does not change (except for the color of the leaves on the trees to mark the seasons), there had better be some serious conflict or drama between the characters. Otherwise it's just insufferably boring.

Ah, for the good old days..?

OMG! How relevant this is in late 2024

Although relying a bit much on the philosophical and political over plot, A Walk in the Woods is a decent exploration of the art of diplomacy. If I had read this a few years ago, I likely would have said this two-act conversation, set in the waning days of the Cold War, was outdated. Recent events, however, have brought arms control and the fraught but important (and sometimes impotent) work of diplomacy back to the forefront, and the political climate – particularly relations between America and Russia, to say nothing of North Korea – makes for a good atmosphere for a revival. Recommended.