| Mug |
| Gush |
| Effuse |
| Perform |
| Overact |
| Act out |
| Ham-act |
| Act ____ |
| Be hammy |
| Mug, say |
| Be a ham |
| Overplay |
| Ham it up |
| Get gushy |
| Act badly |
| Mug, e.g. |
| Overdo it |
| Act overly |
| Ham Hamlet |
| Mug, maybe |
| Act and how |
| Act loudly? |
| Act poorly? |
| Gush wildly |
| Overplay it |
| Be actorish |
| Act broadly |
| Act the ham |
| Emulate Duse |
| Get dramatic |
| Gush onstage |
| Not act well |
| Wax dramatic |
| Wax operatic |
| Wax theatric |
| Milk a scene |
| Play broadly |
| What hams do |
| Rage onstage |
| Play the ham |
| Show feeling |
| Put on a show |
| Act like Duse |
| Act, in a way |
| Fake feelings |
| Melodramatize |
| Overdo a role |
| Stress lines? |
| Act to excess |
| Emulate a ham |
| Overdo a part |
| Show feelings |
| Not hold back |
| Be histrionic |
| Overdramatize |
| Gush on stage |
| Theatricalize |
| Put on an act |
| Be theatrical |
| Affect feeling |
| Be a ham actor |
| Ham up "Hamlet |
| Not act subtly |
| Sell the scene |
| Wax histrionic |
| Act up a storm |
| Play ___ (act) |
| Sentimentalize |
| Act theatrical |
| Overdo a scene |
| Wax theatrical |
| Feign feelings |
| Act to the hilt |
| Act too broadly |
| Be too dramatic |
| Chew up the set |
| Cry on cue, say |
| Display feeling |
| Emulate Cabotin |
| Enact a feeling |
| Express oneself |
| Not play subtly |
| Overdo, onstage |
| Really act out? |
| Show anger, say |
| Express emotion |
| Portray broadly |
| Overplay a role |
| Be overdramatic |
| Express feeling |
| Be melodramatic |
| Overplay a part |
| Throw a tantrum. |
| Act badly, maybe |
| Act dramatically |
| Act expressively |
| Act over the top |
| Act with feeling |
| Do a part poorly |
| Express unsubtly |
| Play the Old Vic |
| Be a hammy actor |
| Hardly underplay |
| Act passionately |
| Act theatrically |
| Express feelings |
| Be a drama queen |
| Overplay onstage |
| Get melodramatic |
| Act with passion |
| Overplay a scene |
| Act amateurishly |
| Play too broadly |
| Chew the scenery |
| Be a ham on stage |
| Cry too much, say |
| Emulate Barrymore |
| Emulate thespians |
| Express sentiment |
| Ham it up onstage |
| Hardly be deadpan |
| Hardly be stoical |
| Make a big scene? |
| Overdo the drama. |
| Emulate Valentino |
| Hog the spotlight |
| Be overtheatrical |
| Overplay the part |
| Overdo it onstage |
| Act histrionically |
| Act in "East Lynne |
| Express effusively |
| Feign fear or fury |
| Exaggerate onstage |
| Get all histrionic |
| Get overtheatrical |
| Go too far onstage |
| Overdo one's lines |
| Overplay the scene |
| Play too much, say |
| Serve up some ham? |
| Shed tears onstage |
| Show fear, perhaps |
| Show thespian zeal |
| Show what's inside |
| What some stars do |
| What some divas do |
| Emulate Pola Negri |
| Ham it up on stage |
| Show surprise, say |
| Speak theatrically |
| Act the wrong way? |
| Behave theatrically |
| Act badly, in a way |
| Act in a melodrama? |
| Act with a flourish |
| Go into histrionics |
| Ham it up as Hamlet |
| Overdo a scene, say |
| Overdramatize lines |
| Play it to the hilt |
| Put on quite an act |
| Rage, e.g., onstage |
| Say it with feeling |
| Emulate Pearl White |
| Keep up with a ham? |
| Overdo it, on stage |
| Play to the balcony |
| Show one's feelings |
| Act like a thespian |
| Display histrionics |
| Overplay one's part |
| Act the drama queen |
| Play to the rafters |
| Overdo it, in a way |
| Act in a certain way |
| Act like an amateur? |
| Act too dramatically |
| Act with a capital A |
| Act without subtlety |
| Declaim theatrically |
| Display grief or joy |
| Engage in cabotinage |
| Express dramatically |
| Laugh or cry onstage |
| Not play it straight |
| Overact on the stage |
| Overdo the dramatics |
| Overplay a role, say |
| Perform with feeling |
| Play the drama queen |
| Play to the last row |
| Portray sadness, say |
| Shed crocodile tears |
| Scream or bawl, e.g. |
| Speak histrionically |
| Steal the scene, say |
| Try to out-ham a ham |
| Upset a stage coach? |
| What drama queens do |
| Act larger than life |
| Act unprofessionally |
| Do some tub-thumping |
| Play to the back row |
| Act melodramatically |
| Be a boisterous actor |
| Be a ham in "Hamlet"? |
| Do one's part poorly? |
| Pour on the theatrics |
| Shed false tears, say |
| Go overboard on stage |
| Turn on the dramatics |
| Act without restraint |
| Indulge in cabotinage |
| Engage in histrionics |
| Act with great feeling |
| Be a hammy Hamlet, say |
| Become maudlin onstage |
| Cry too readily, maybe |
| Go overboard, in a way |
| Let one's feeling show |
| Not act conservatively |
| Overdo it on the stage |
| Overplay during a play |
| Perform histrionically |
| Play without restraint |
| Portray with schmaltz. |
| Show rage onstage, say |
| Show too much feeling? |
| Speak overdramatically |
| Act the ham in "Hamlet |
| Behave like a thespian |
| Wax rhapsodic, perhaps |
| Show feels, so to speak |
| Be expressive, on stage |
| Engage in melodramatics |
| Ham it up, in a theater |
| Perform poorly, perhaps |
| Put on a scene: Jocose. |
| Play to the cheap seats |
| Go too far in performing |
| Disappoint Lee Strasberg |
| Do an unbelievable scene |
| Go too far on the boards |
| Lay it on thick on stage |
| Really overdo the acting |
| Spurn subtlety, in a way |
| Be melodramatic on stage |
| Tread the boards heavily |
| Tread the boards broadly |
| Get carried away on stage |
| Hardly underplay on stage |
| Portray fury or fear, say |
| Go over the top, on stage |
| Tear a passion to tatters |
| “Chew up the scenery.” |
| Act with excessive passion |
| Blow the audition, perhaps |
| Ham it up in "Hamlet," say |
| Overexpress one's feelings |
| Play to the peanut gallery |
| Play too broadly, on stage |
| Upstage a co-star, perhaps |
| Act excessively expressive |
| Perform with great feeling |
| Bathe the stage with bathos |
| Express feeling excessively |
| Overdo the stage directions |
| Play a role none too subtly |
| Go over the top on Broadway |
| Perform with broad gestures |
| Act excessively expressively |
| Act in a melodramatic manner |
| Annoy one's co-star, perhaps |
| Steal the show, in a bad way |
| Upset a stage coach, perhaps |
| Play to the back of the room |
| Portray feelings theatrically |
| Try to steal the scene, maybe |
| Turn on the waterworks, maybe |
| Be over the top, while acting |
| Get carried away in Hollywood |
| Be overly melodramatic onstage |
| Hardly suppress one's feelings |
| Overdo it on the theater stage |
| Play much too broadly on stage |
| Express shock or happiness, say |
| Frustrate the director, perhaps |
| Not keep one's feelings pent up |
| Play to the back of the theater |
| Push the envelope, theatrically |
| Milk a scene for all it's worth |
| Director's cry to an underactor? |
| Play to the back of the audience |
| Put a little extra into the part |
| Wear one's heart on one's sleeve |
| Give expression to one's feelings |
| Play to the back of the room, say |
| Play to the back row and then some |
| Wear one's feelings on one's sleeve |
| Overexpress one's feelings, on stage |
| Open the faucets onstage, so to speak |
| Deliver an unbelievable performance, in a way |
| Be Jim Carrey when you should be George Clooney |
| Overact (or, fun fact, the word for narrating an action over text, like *jumps for joy*) |