History LargeHam / Theater

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGxryV6S2F4 Green Goblin]] in ''Theater/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'', widely considered the [[TroubledProduction infamous]] play's strongest point.

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGxryV6S2F4 Green Goblin]] in ''SpidermanTurnOffTheDark'', widely considered the [[TroubledProduction infamous]] play's strongest point.

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGxryV6S2F4 Green Goblin]] in ''{{Spider-Man}}: Turn Off the Dark'', widely considered the [[TroubledProduction infamous]] play's strongest point.

** I disagree. Rather than resting on NarmCharm, LittleShopOfHorrors rests on the MostlyNarmless trope.

* The title character in ''DoctorFaustus'' sold his soul to the devil to become MORE of a ham (and he's plenty in the scenes before he does).

* No matter how good the actors are in all the rest of the show, just try to find a production of ''[[{{Theatre/ptitlenjisnv3p}} Les Misérables]]'' where every confrontation between Valjean and Javert doesn't immediately become a giant [[ChewingTheScenery scenery-chewing contest]]. ''Just try.''

* {{Wicked}} has Madame Morrible, the headmistress of Shiz University. Her performamce at the end of Act 1 is utterly ''scene-shredding'' when done by the proper actress:

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* ''SweeneyTodd'':A musical with melodramatic tendencies and a tip of the blood-spattered hat to the Grand Guignol shows. Mrs. Lovett's infamous meat pies often come with a side of ham. Just how much and for which characters depends on the production, but it's pretty much a given for Pirelli.

** Snape's the reason they [[CheweingTheScenery have such limited scenery]], though. Man walks on stage and everyone suddenly feels like they've nommed their way through a Costco-sized pack of bacon.

* No matter how good the actors are in all the rest of the show, just try to find a production of ''[[{{Theatre/ptitlenjisnv3p}} Les Misérables]]'' where every confrontation between Valjean and Javert doesn't immediately become a giant [[FeedMe scenery-chewing contest]]. ''Just try.''

* [[YMMV Arguably]] Ben Varren in the finale of Pippin. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyXZXjzh2s0&feature=related Mole! She has a MOLE ON HER FACE! YOU WANT TO SPEND YOUR LIFE WITH A WOMAN WITH A MOLE ON HER FACE?!]]

* No matter how good the actors are in all the rest of the show, just try to find a production of LesMiserables where every confrontation between Valjean and Javert doesn't immediately become a giant [[FeedMe scenery-chewing contest]]. ''Just try.''

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** I disagree. Rather than resting on NarmCharm, LittleShopOfHorrors rests on pulling off lines that by all means SHOULD be narmy... with real emotion.

* CirqueDuSoleil shows also demand ''everyone'' to be ready and willing to ham it up when need be, and often without intelligible dialogue ([[Main/SilenceIsGolden if that!]]) to boot. And with clowning an increasingly rare art that Cirque fights to preserve and celebrate in all its hamminess, some of the best [[Main/NonIronicClown non-ironic clowns]] in the world have appeared in their shows, the majority of whom are colossal hams.

* CirqueDuSoleil shows also demand ''everyone'' to be ready and willing to ham it up when need be, and often without intelligible dialogue ([[Main/SilenceIsGolden if that!]]) to boot. And with clowning an increasingly rare art that Cirque fights to preserve and celebrate in all its hamminess, some of the best [[Main/NonIronicClown non-ironic clowns]] in the world have appeared in their shows, the vast majority of which are colossal hams.

* CirqueDuSoleil shows also demand ''everyone'' to be ready and willing to ham it up when need be, and often without intelligible dialogue (if that) to boot. And with clowning an increasingly rare art that Cirque fights to preserve and celebrate in all its hamminess, some of the best [[Main/NonIronicClown non-ironic clowns]] in the world have appeared in their shows. ''{{Mystere}}'' probably takes the cake for the best HamToHamCombat with the battle between [[Main/OrderVersusChaos Moha-Samedi and Brian Le Petit]], if only because the latter is a ham of such charisma that he can [[spoiler: turn ''the audience'' into Large Hams by seizing upon their sympathy and encouraging them to "awwwwwww" louder and louder for him so he won't be kicked out of the show]].