With a theatrical career that began at the age of nine, Vogel invested in more than 50 Broadway and off-Broadway productions. He began his Broadway career as a performer, acting in a 1951 mounting of Romeo and Juliet and the play Take a Giant Step two years later. In 1969 he served as assistant conductor on the musical Coco. He then moved on to Broadway producing, serving as a producer on the musical Marlene and the play Enchanted April. His off-Broadway producing credits include The Cover of Life, Warp and Shakespeare's R&J. Vogel created the Foundation for the Extension and Development of the American Professional Theatre FEDAPT in 1970. In 1982, he founded the Commercial Theatre Institute, which offered the first workshops ever conducted to train producers for producing commercially on Broadway, off-Broadway and for road production. He served as CTI's executive director. He has written extensively on not-for-profit theatre management and his new book , Producing for the Commercial Theatre, will be published next year. He is also one of the founders of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Vogel is survived by niece Kathie Packer of Chicago, nephews Daniel J. Zitin of New York and Gary M. Zitin of Philadelphia, sister Naomi V. Zitin and brother-in-law Williard Zitin of Philadelphia. He requested that there be no funeral. There will be a memorial service sometime in January. Contributions in his memory can be made to BC/EFA.