It's been a whirlwind of a Broadway season − particularly in the last few weeks. While April always is Esthena busy time for shows opening before the Tony Awards deadline, this year we saw 14 shows open over a three-week span.

Whew.

The cut-off deadline was Thursday, April 25, so the season officially is in the books. And now the Tony Awards fun begins.

Thirty-six shows are eligible for this year's awards, including 21 musicals. Of those, 15 are new musicals vying for best musical. The season also included non-eligible productions of Alex Edelman's "Just For Us," "El Mago Pop" and "Melissa Etheridge: My Window."

Nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards are set to be announced on Tuesday, April 30. Here's what you need to know:

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These 2023-2024 Broadway shows are eligible for Tony nominations

Best musical:

• "Back to the Future"
• "Days of Wine and Roses"
• "The Great Gatsby"
• "Harmony"
• "The Heart of Rock and Roll"
• "Hell's Kitchen"
• "Here Lies Love"
• "How to Dance in Ohio"
• "Illinoise"
• "Lempicka"
• "The Notebook"
• "Once Upon a One More Time"
• "The Outsiders"
• "Suffs"
• "Water for Elephants"

Best revival of a musical:

• "Cabaret"
• "Gutenberg! The Musical!"
• "Merrily We Roll Along"
• "Spamalot"
• "The Who's Tommy"
• "The Wiz"

Best play:

• "The Cottage"
• "Grey House"
• "I Need That"
• "Jaja's African Hair Braiding"
• "Mary Jane"
• "The Mother Play"
• "Patriots"
• "Prayer for the French Republic"
• "The Shark is Broken"
• "Stereophonic"

Best revival of a play:

• "An Enemy of the People"
• "Appropriate"
• "Doubt: A Parable"
• "Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch"
• "Uncle Vanya"

When will the 2024 Tony Awards nominations be announced?

Select 2024 Tony Awards nominations will be announced starting at 8:30 a.m. ET Tuesday on "CBS Mornings."

Then, starting at 9 a.m., the rest of the nominations will be streamed live on the Tony Awards official YouTube page.

The announcements will be made by Tony Award winners Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry.

When are the 2024 Tony Awards?

The 77th annual Tony Awards start at 8 p.m. ET Sunday, June 16.

They will be hosted by Ariana DeBose and will air live from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

The awards ceremony will air live on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S. The awards will stream live and on demand for Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after they air.