Today's PVP has a Serenity/Joss reference.

Hee. Pretty funny.

That's all I got....

And is there parking?

Yes, but it won't be cheap. The theater is right opposite the Boston Common.

Not sure what "drivable" means in this instance.

Aww, my buddy Bill backed out on me. Boston types- would you say that the theater is easily drivable (at least at night when traffic is lighter?) And is there parking?

Lilty, the theater is in just about the center of town, near the Common (hence, The Boston Common Theater). I so rarely drive in, I can't say how easy it is to get to, but as for parking, it depends on how much you're willing to shell out. The garage under the Common is cheaper than most of the above ground garages, but I don't know how much it fills up. I doubt that there will be much in terms of on-street parking, but I've never really tried to find it either.

If you weren't driving in, you'd get off the Green Line at the Boylston Street station and be right across the street from it.

Well, 'drivable' in that I've never actually personally driven into the city before. I wouldn't mind too much paying for parking, because otherwise I'd be paying for a train ticket in. But I think thats what I'm going to end up doing anyway.

Lilty, we drove in from Western Mass last week and had no trouble. Granted, both the person driving and the person navigating were Boston-area natives, so I don't know how easy it would be for someone who has little experience with driving in Boston. We parked under the Common, a short walk from the theatre, and paid $10; after a certain hour (6, maybe?), it's a flat $10 fee until 8 or 10am the next day.

I'd say taking the subway in from an outlying station might be your best bet, except that I don't know when the subways stop running on weeknights. I think we left the theatre around 12:15 or 12:20, which seems like it would be cutting it really close for making it back to your car on the T. Will you be heading home that night, or staying with someone in or around Boston?

Well, the plan was if I drove in, to drive home that night, otherwise take the train in and crash with someone.

From the North, it would be 95 to 93, but then you need to get off 93 before the Big Dig (over by North Station), and I'm not 100% sure the exact route after that (driving, at least - I don't know all the one way streets by memory).

You can also do 95 to Route 1 in the Danvers area, and then get onto Storrow Drive after you get into Boston (you'd cross the Tobin bridge that route), but, again, I'm not exactly sure where you'd go from there. There is an off-ramp right near the common, but I don't know if you get that from the North, and what the sign would say.

I'm probably just confusing the issue, aren't I?

I could actually get into the city ok, I think. I just wanted Bill there as navigator when I got into town. I got the whole day after off, though, so I'm more inclined to train it in.

So, am I the only Chicago area buffista going to the Chicago preview?

We parked under the Common, a short walk from the theatre, and paid $10; after a certain hour (6, maybe?), it's a flat $10 fee until 8 or 10am the next day.

That's a bargain compaired to here. I parked in the garage at the theatre for the Chicago screening and it cost me $26. Ouch.