Related Clues:

• Put on a show
• Chewed the scenery
• Hammed it up
• Gushed
• Overplayed
• Overplayed one's feelings
• Wept wildly, maybe
• Acted badly
• Overacted
• Went over the top, in a way
• Exaggerated a part
• Overdid one's part
• Did it broadly, on Broadway
• Was hammy
• Got melodramatic