Question for those who have seen a production of Caroline, or Change

You know the part towards the end, when Caroline breaks and releases all her rage onto Noah? And he says something about hell, and she spits with all her venom "Hell is where Jews go when they die."

When you saw it, was that a laugh line? Because in my London audience, everyone laughed at that - and not like nervous or tense laughter that you'd expect from it, but true laughter like it was a funny joke. My husband and I were horrified - but is that usually how it plays? Can anyone comment?

When I saw the show on Broadway there were a few gasps but quite a few laughs. Which bothered me at the time.

There was a very successful production at the Court theater here in Chicago and there was a smattering of nervous laughter.

It's sort of crazy to me that that line would illicit laughter.

Hampstead has a very large Jewish community and many patrons that go to that theatre are indeed Jewish. I found myself grinning at that line, not because it's funny - it's actually quite horrifying - but because it's a very peremptory and self-assured theological opinion, especially coming from a woman who thinks the devil made the dryer.