leach also directed works for joseph papp's public theater and the new york shakespeare festival, where he directed a production of "the pirates of penzance" in 1980 with kevin kline, linda ronstadt, rex smith, and patricia routledge. the production transferred to broadway with the same cast in january 1981, with estelle parsons replacing routledge. leach won a tony award for best direction of a musical for the broadway production in 1981. leach directed a film version of "the pirates of penzance" in 1983 with the same cast, with angela lansbury replacing parsons.