The Tony nominations will be announced this morning, Tuesday, May 2, at 8:30 a.m., which will launch weeks’ worth of predictions, preferences and objections.

Let’s start a few hours early!

Below is the list of eligible shows in four categories, and my list of which of them should (not will) be nominated, with links to my reviews of those I think should be nominated.

For basic information about the theater award landscape, check out 2017 Guide to Ny Theater Awards

Eligible for Best Play

A Doll’s House, Part 2
The Encounter
Heisenberg
Indecent
Oh, Hello on Broadway
Oslo
The Play That Goes Wrong
The Present
Significant Other
Sweat

Which should be nominated for best play

(l-r): Katrina Lenk as ‘Manke,’ Adina Verson as ‘Rivkele’ in INDECENT,

Daniel Oreskes, Michael Aronov, and Anthony Azizi (foreground) with Daniel Jenkins and Jeb Kreager (background). in Oslo

Lindsay Mendez and Gideon Glick in Significant Other

John Earl Jelks, Michelle Wilson, Johanna Day, Alison Wright, James Colby in the background, in Sweat

Eligible for Best Musical

Amelie
Anastasia
Bandstand
A Bronx Tale
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Cirque de Soleil Paramour
Come From Away
Dear Evan Hansen
Groundhog Day
Holiday Inn
In Transit
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
War Paint

What should be nominated for Best Musical

Ben Platt as Evan Hansen

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 with Josh Groban i

Eligible for Best Revival of a Play

Arthur Miller’s The Price
August Wilson’s Jitney
The Cherry Orchard
The Front Page
The Glass Menagerie
Les Liaison Dangereuses
Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes
Present Laughter
Six Degrees of Separation

What should be nominated for Best Revival of a Play

Jitney

Nathan Lane in The Front Page, 2015

Laura Linney as Regina (left) and Cynthia Nixon as Birdie (right)

Best Revival of a Musical

Cats
Falsettos
Hello, Dolly
Miss Saigon
Sunset Boulevard

What should be nominated for best revival of a musical

Falsettos