> I am not a Media Center wizard but I give it a go...
Nor am I.
I reverted to the prior theme in Theater view, and the issues I had went away.
Some more details...
The prior skin was Obsidian. That one had worked well for me in the past. Which raised the first question I asked myself, i.e., if it was working well, why did I change it? Well, you know what they say about curiosity and cats...
I changed it to the Glass skin.
That's where I saw the black screens. (and, yeah, I openly admit that I should have supplied those "skin" details in my first comment here. My apologies.)
So, this evening, as I am enjoying tunes via the awesome MC, I am back to the Obsidian skin.
And all is looking excellent, behavior I have come to expect from MC.
I don't think it was a library restore issue. I did the library restore when I upgraded to MC 32.
But many thanks for your comment. I appreciate it your assistance! I hope you enjoy MC as much as I do.