Blackman Theatre

It's a super easy walk from the E Line Northeastern T stop - just get off the train and walk a little bit towards Boston and Ell Hall, which houses the theater, will be to your right - yeah, that building facing you that is set off a touch from the street.
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Walk into the Hall, and just ahead to the left is the ticket window where my tickets were waiting for me neatly sealed in a white envelope, alphabetized by last name.

Doors to the auditorium opened about a half hour before show time, and the student ushers were able to show us to our seats without a hitch.

Bathrooms are located downstairs - 5 or 6 stalls in the women's room, and not enough soap dispensers (if you aren't going to have one dispenser per sink, at least place them so I won't have to walk away from my sink in search of soap!) - and lines are an issue as usual.

Our seats in the Orchestra Center were in the second to last row, but I didn't need to take out my binoculars (I brought them along in case, since it was my first visit).  Unfortunately, however, the rows aren't offset from one another and there isn't much of an angle to the auditorium floor, so if there is a tall person in the seat infront of you, you're just out of luck!

I don't know if it was just the performance I attended (The Shangri-La Chinese Acrobats), or normal for this theater, but tickets were $20 general admission, while a quick scan online showed me that tickets at most other locations for this particular tour were closer to $30.

Commuting tip - if you are taking the T from the Green Line above ground, you can switch to a E Line outbound train at the Arlington T stop without paying again.  Afterwards, if you don't want to make the reverse trip, you can take an easy (10 min?) walk over to the Hynes T stop to catch your ride home.  (walk towards Boston, take a left at Boston Symphony and head down Mass Avenue)

This is certainly a nice solid theatre, nothing that I would write home to mom about. However Northeastern isn't really an arts and science - theatre type school so I wouldn't expect them to have broadway plays come in.

The actual auditorium is nothing special, but they do get some pretty bangin' acts in here.  I saw Ben Folds hit this stage and I've also seen some awesome comedians and celebrities.  What it lacks in grandeur, it makes up for in some great talent coordinators.

The sound is decent and the seat are fairly spacious.  I'd know- I've taken quite a few finals in this auditorium and those lap desks fit oh so perfectly across the arm rests.