'Wizard of Oz' new releases, spinoffs

Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, Ray Bolger as the... — Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Judy Garland as Dorothy and Jack Haley as the Tin Man in a scene from 1939's "The Wizard of Oz." Credit: AP

By DANIEL BUBBEOdaniel.bubbeo@newsday.comSeptember 13, 2013

We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful "Wizard of Oz" when the classic 1939 musical fantasy gets the IMAX and 3-D treatment at theaters in Westbury, Deer Park and Stony Brook for a one-week engagement starting Friday. Consider this the first of many trips -- and strange turns -- down the Yellow Brick Road in celebration of the movie's upcoming 75th anniversary.