scenery-chewer
Bombastic stage performer
A scenery-chewer is an actor who performs with excessive, exaggerated theatricality—as if so hungry for attention they're devouring the stage itself.
The term is usually mildly critical but sometimes affectionate: He's a shameless scenery-chewer, but audiences love him.
The verb form is *chew the scenery*.
Excessively theatrical in style
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
flamboyant · theatrical · campy · histrionic · exaggerated · overblown · overplayed · mugging
Ostentatious attention-seeker
- divaCelebrated female vocalist
- hamCured pig thigh
- grandstanderOne who seeks applause
- attention-seekerOne craving notice
thespian · tragedian · lead · exhibitionist · show-off · upstager · headliner · barnstormer
Expressive bodily movement
- flourishTo grow vigorously
- theatricsExaggerated dramatic behavior
- bombastPretentious hollow language
- bravuraShowy technical brilliance
histrionics · dramatics · posturing · declamation · grandstanding · eye-rolling · chest-beating · bellowing
hammy
Excessively theatrical in style
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
grandiose · flamboyant · theatrical · campy · histrionic · exaggerated · overblown · overplayed · mugging · emoting
showboat
Ostentatious attention-seeker
- divaCelebrated female vocalist
- hamCured pig thigh
- grandstanderOne who seeks applause
attention-seeker · thespian · tragedian · lead · exhibitionist · show-off · upstager · headliner · barnstormer
gesticulation
Expressive bodily movement
bravura · histrionics · dramatics · posturing · declamation · grandstanding · eye-rolling · chest-beating · bellowing · ranting
proscenium
Theater's architectural frame
- footlightsLamps at stage edge
- spotlightConcentrated illumination source
- soliloquyDramatic speech to oneself
monologue · curtain · blocking · downstage · wings · backdrop · audience · greenroom · boards · fourth-wall