| Overexpress one's feelings, on stage | 40 |
| Overdo it, on stage | 19 |
| Not hold back | 13 |
| Mug, say | 8 |
| Mug, maybe | 10 |
| Milk a scene | 12 |
| Keep up with a ham? | 19 |
| Hog the spotlight | 17 |
| Hardly underplay | 16 |
| Go over the top, on stage | 25 |
| Go over the top on Broadway | 27 |
| Express emotion | 15 |
| Emulate Valentino | 17 |
| Emulate Pola Negri | 18 |
| Emulate Pearl White | 19 |
| Emulate a ham | 13 |
| Be overdramatic | 15 |
| Be melodramatic on stage | 24 |
| Be actorish | 11 |
| Be a ham in "Hamlet" | 30 |
| Act up a storm | 14 |
| Act unprofessionally? | 21 |
| Act unprofessionally | 20 |
| Act poorly | 10 |
| Act like a thespian | 19 |
| Act larger than life | 20 |
| Act badly | 9 |
| What some stars do | 18 |
| What some divas do | 18 |
| Wear one's feelings on one's sleeve | 43 |
| Wax theatric | 12 |
| Wax operatic | 12 |
| Wax histrionic | 14 |
| Wax dramatic | 12 |
| Upstage a co-star, perhaps | 26 |
| Upset a stage coach? | 20 |
| Upset a stage coach, perhaps | 28 |
| Turn on the waterworks, maybe | 29 |
| Try to steal the scene, maybe | 29 |
| Try to out-ham a ham | 20 |
| Tread the boards heavily | 24 |
| Steal the scene, say | 20 |
| Speak histrionically | 20 |
| Show too much feeling? | 22 |
| Show thespian zeal | 18 |
| Show rage onstage, say | 22 |
| Show fear, perhaps | 18 |
| Show anger, say | 15 |
| Shed tears onstage | 18 |
| Shed crocodile tears | 20 |
| Serve up some ham? | 18 |
| Say it with feeling | 19 |
| Rage, e.g., onstage | 19 |
| Push the envelope, theatrically | 31 |
| Play without restraint | 22 |
| Play to the peanut gallery | 26 |
| Play to the last row | 20 |
| Play to the cheap seats | 23 |
| Play to the back row and then some | 34 |
| Play to the back of the theater | 31 |
| Play to the back of the audience | 32 |
| Play the Old Vic | 16 |
| Play the drama queen | 20 |
| Play much too broadly on stage | 30 |
| Play it to the hilt | 19 |
| Play broadly | 12 |
| Play a role none too subtly | 27 |
| Perform poorly, perhaps | 23 |
| Perform histrionically | 22 |
| Overexpress one's feelings | 30 |
| Overdramatize lines | 19 |
| Overdo, onstage | 15 |
| Overdo the stage directions | 27 |
| Overdo the dramatics | 20 |
| Overdo the drama | 16 |
| Overdo one's lines | 22 |
| Overdo a scene, say | 19 |
| Overdo a role | 13 |
| Overdo a part | 13 |
| Not play subtly | 15 |
| Not play it straight | 20 |
| Not keep one's feelings pent up | 35 |
| Not act well? | 13 |
| Not act well | 12 |
| Not act subtly | 14 |
| Melodramatize | 13 |
| Make a big scene? | 17 |
| Let one's feeling show | 26 |
| Laugh or cry onstage | 20 |
| Hardly suppress one's feelings | 34 |
| Hardly be stoical | 17 |
| Hardly be deadpan | 17 |
| Ham-act | 7 |
| Ham up "Hamlet" | 25 |
| Ham it up in "Hamlet," say | 36 |
| Ham it up as Hamlet | 19 |
| Ham Hamlet | 10 |
| Gush on stage | 13 |
| Go too far onstage | 18 |
| Go too far on the boards | 24 |