BRIEFLY . . .

“A Walk in the Woods,” Lee Blessing’s La Jolla Playhouse hit about arms negotiations, is about to receive new life in Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States. The Tony-nominated show, which closed June 26 on Broadway, will reopen Oct. 24 at the Comedy Theater in London’s West End. Alec Guinness will portray the Soviet negotiator and Edward Herrman will be his American counterpart. Ronald Eyre will direct. The Soviet contingent of the American-Soviet Initiative has invited producer Lucille Lortel to present limited runs of the show in Moscow and Leningrad next spring. Starring in those shows will be the Broadway cast of Sam Waterston and Robert Prosky. Lortel is also attempting to pair Peter Ustinov and Richard Chamberlain for a national tour, while Michael Constantine and Lawrence Pressman--who starred in the 1987 La Jolla Playhouse production--will open a summer stock show Aug. 8 in Dennis, Mass.