Same problem here… also current version 2.0.76 has the same effect.
@photocrati: for me it seemns that roxiebaby007 and maysky having the same problem.
I changed to previous nextgen version (2.0.71) without success. When deactiviting all other activated plugins, nggallery-manage-album shows the known page where galleries can be linked to albums. As soon as I am activating one additioanl plugins, nggallery-manage-album shows again empty page.