Mart Crowley’s 1968 off-Broadway production was revived on Broadway in 2018. The revival, helmed by director Joe Mantello and produced by Ryan Murphy, was adapted into a movie that came out on Netflix on Wednesday.

“Be with me,” Scott Fried said, beginning his lecture to Boston University students on Tuesday. After calling upon his audience to hear him, and leading a Hebrew prayer to invite God, the award-winning...